Hoy Parish Church
Church (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Hoy Parish Church
Classification Church (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hoy And Graemsay Parish Kirk; Hoy Church; War Memorial
Canmore ID 1577
Site Number HY20SW 11
NGR HY 2333 0367
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1577
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Hoy And Graemsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Orkney Smr Note (July 1985)
Within the ruins of the Old Kirk are two tombstones.
The is 5ft 6in x 2ft 5in x 3.75in and is for Leane Stewart
who died in December 1625.
The second is now broken into pieces and was for the grave of
of the local minister, Mr John Balvaird who died on the 4th of
April 1668, aged 61. [R1]
No trace of either of the two tombstones, but building is
overgrown inside with nettles and there is some timber rubbish
piled up.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) July 1985.
Oic_project (1 January 2014 - 14 May 2015)
A project undertaken during 2014 and early 2015 to catalogue and describe all of Orkney's war memorials.
Field Visit (27 May 2014)
Two white marble plaques mounted on black panels on the west and north walls of the entrance lobby of the Hoy Kirk. Inscriptions are engraved and painted black.